Just finishing a system, and I don't want to bother doing benchmarks so I wonder if anyone else has played around with this.
I've got three devices: an ibm 75gxp, toshiba 12x dvd, and plextor cdr.
Would it be preferable to have the harddrive on it's own channel? Or should I slave the dvd on there as well, and give the burner it's own channel? I do frequently do cd drive to cd drive copies with the plextor, but i don't want to slow the hard drive down any...
also, my motherboard only came with one cable, which i'm assuming is ata 100. But for a non-harddrive channel, any cable is fine right? i can just cannabalize an old computer for an ide cable?
thanks for any help
I've got three devices: an ibm 75gxp, toshiba 12x dvd, and plextor cdr.
Would it be preferable to have the harddrive on it's own channel? Or should I slave the dvd on there as well, and give the burner it's own channel? I do frequently do cd drive to cd drive copies with the plextor, but i don't want to slow the hard drive down any...
also, my motherboard only came with one cable, which i'm assuming is ata 100. But for a non-harddrive channel, any cable is fine right? i can just cannabalize an old computer for an ide cable?
thanks for any help